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News Release 10-161
Subseafloor Observatories Installed to Run Dynamic Experiments
Scientists will study fluid flow, chemistry, and life off British Columbia coast
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A welder works on a "reentry cone" used to guide drill pipe into the ocean floor.
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IODP Expedition 327 installed undersea observatories in the Pacific Ocean off Canada.
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One of the CORKs on the rig floor of the JOIDES Resolution, ready to be deployed.
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Bob Aduddell, Samuel Hulme and Geoff Wheat work on deck to prepare a CORK observatory.
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Co-chief scientists Takeshi Tsuji and Andy Fisher, with expedition manager Katerina Petronotis.
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Beth Orcutt discusses CORK microbiology experiments with colleagues during the expedition.
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